Stranded dog rescued from cliff edge by volunteers

This was the moment a lifeboat crew brought a dog to safety after she became stranded near a cliff edge.

Ember, a six-year-old spaniel, became trapped by a sea cliff near Moelfre in Anglesey on Wednesday, after chasing a ball while out walking along a coastal path with her owner.

Volunteers at the RNLI had just returned from a training session on their inshore lifeboat when the owner came into the lifeboat station asking for help.

Members of the public had reported hearing Ember barking, but due to the inaccessible location could not see the stranded spaniel.

The crew located Ember and carefully made their way up onto the ledge.

Moelfre RNLI coxswain, Vince Jones said: “Where the spaniel was trapped, it would have been inaccessible from the cliff top so kitted in our drysuits and lifejackets we entered the water and made our way onto the ledge.

“After a few moments of talking to Ember, she seemed to calm down and we were able to get a lead on.

“It was great to then reunite the spaniel with her owner.”

He added that the owner did the right thing by coming to the lifeboat station and alerting them, and advised people to never go in after a pet, instead calling 999 and asking for the Coastguard.

Video edited by Tink Llewellyn